Oregon Historical County Records Guide

Tillamook County Records Inventory

Surveyor Field Notes and Plats

1878-[ongoing]

Series documents surveys of county land by the county or
licensed professional surveyors. Records include log books, field
notes, and plats. An index may also be included. Information
includes survey dates; who the survey was for; donation land
claims; township, range, section, and survey numbers; a history of
previous surveys made for the area; descriptions of land,
vegetation, and soil; landmarks; metes and bounds of tracts
surveyed; and surveyor's names. Plats also include corner
restoration marks, scales, dates created and filed, and donation
land claim owners.

Records at a Related Web Site:Online Land Records [includes various federal land survey records related to Oregon such as survey plats and field notes, mineral surveys, and historical indices], ca.1850-present (Bureau of Land Management).